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LONDON, (BM) - The British company Exception PCB, which manufactures printed circuit boards (PCBs) for the F-35 fighter aircraft, has been owned by the Chinese company Shenzhen Fastprint since 2013, learned BulgarianMilitary.com. The Sky News TV channel raised the question of the acceptability of the use of electronic components that are…

BEIJING (BGM) - Chinese servicemen have started a technical inspection of the second regiment set of S-400 ‘Triumf’ surface-to-air missile systems designated for their delivery to China in late July 2019, a source in military and diplomatic circles told TASS on Wednesday, learned BulgarianMilitary.com. Read more: China Expects the Second Batch…

PANAGYURISHTE, Bulgaria (BulgarianMilitary.com) - The Russian State Research and Production Enterprise Region ‘GNPP Region’, part of JSC Tactical Missiles Corporation, has completed trials and will soon begin serial production of its new APR-3M air-launched anti-submarine warfare missile, Jane`s reported. “All the trials of the APR-3M missile…

ROME, Italy (BulgarianMilitary.com) - Military analysts are blaming Chinese-made drones for deadly missile strikes on Tripoli as Libyan strongman Gen. Khalifa Haftar tries to conquer the city, learned BulgarianMilitary.com, quoting Defense News. Aircraft seen circling over the Libyan capital during nighttime raids in recent days were likely…

ZHANJIANG, People's Republic of China (BulgarianMilitary.com) - China's Navy, along with Thailand's one, launched a joint training exercise at a military port in Zhanjiang, in South China's Guangdong Province, learned BulgarianMilitary.com, quoting Navy Recognition. During the week, Chinese and Thai naval forces will exercise shooting,…

NEW YORK, the U.S. (BulgarianMilitary.com) - China may declare its first stealth fighter operational this year as it also develops long-range bombers capable of carrying nuclear weapons, learned BulgarianMilitary.com, quoting Bloomberg. Read more: China Already Has 24 Russian Su-35 Fighters. Indonesia Is Expecting Its Su-35 This Year …

PANAGYURISHTE, Bulgaria (BulgarianMilitary.com) - Global military spending last year reached its highest level in three decades, with the largest share in the US and China, according to the annual report of the Swedish research institute SIPRI, learned BulgarianMilitary.com, quoting Novinite. The Stockholm International Peace Research…

MOSCOW, the Russian Federation (BulgarianMilitary.com) - The Russian Federation has announced that it has carried out the last delivery of Russian Su-35 fighter jets to China, with which it has fulfilled its $ 2.5 billion contract signed in 2015, learned BulgarianMilitary.com. “In accordance with the contract, all Su-35 aircrafts have been…

KIEV, Ukraine (BulgarianMilitary.com) - Last week, on Tuesday, Japanese military officials said they had lost an F-35 fighter at 84 miles from the east coast of the Aomori Prefecture in the Pacific Ocean. The Ukrainian online media Strana believes that Russia and China are currently looking for the wreckage of the crashed plane, learned…

WASHINGTON, the U.S. (BulgarianMilitary.com) - A new Security Assistance Monitor report shows a decline in the US arms sales in the past 2018, learned BulgarianMilitary.com. The report says that the Middle Eastern countries Bahrain, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and the UAE, which are regular customers of the US arms technologies, have decreased…

MOSCOW, the Russian Federation (BulgarianMilitary.com) - The delivery of the second batch of S-400 anti-aircraft missile defense systems to China by sea will start in late July, a military-diplomatic source told TASS on Wednesday, learned BulgarianMilitary.com, quoting Tass. "The transport vehicle with the first batch of equipment from the…

WASHINGTON, the U.S. (BulgarianMilitary.com) - Cheap Chinese 5G technology isn’t all that cheap when you factor in the government time and resources needed to make it safe — or at least safer — to use, reports DefenseOne, quoting a new NATO Center of Excellence report. That’s the warning from a new report by the NATO’s Cooperative Cyber Defence…

BANGALORE, India (BulgarianMilitary.com) – Today, on the sidelines of the exhibition Aero India 2019, Viktor Kladov acting as the Director for International Cooperation and Regional Policy at the Russian state-owned corporation Rostec revealed to reporters that Russia and China were about to sign an agreement on the creation of a new generation…

KIEV, Ukraine (BulgarianMilitary.com) - Russia is training its armed forces for a war, according to a report on “Training for War – Russia's Strategic-level Military Exercises 2009–2017" prepared by Swedish Defense Research Agency (FOI), and cited by the Ukrainian online newspaper "Ukrayinska Pravda”, learned BulgarianMilitary.com.According to the…

JERUSALEM, Israel (BulgarianMilitary.com) - Tension between Beijing and Jerusalem. This after a warning from top officials claiming that major Chinese investments in the Israel create a very "problematic" situation, learned BulgarianMilitary.com. According to Israeli Channel 13 news, the Chinese are particularly angered by remarks made by Nadav…

MOSCOW, the Russian Federation (BulgarianMilitary.com) – Today (10th January), a military-diplomatic source, quoted by the Russian news agency TASS, reported that China had conducted a second successful test of firing the S-400 Triumf bought from Russia, and thus completed the trials of the air defence missile system, learned…

JERUSALEM, Israel (BulgarianMilitary.com) - China is deepening its penetration into Africa and Israel. Israeli security experts say that while the Chinese presence may look innocent it should turn on "some red lights", learned BulgarianMilitary.com. China opened its first overseas military base in Djibouti in 2017. Now, after a year of…

WASHINGTON, the USA (BulgarianMilitary.com) - The Pentagon will reduce the United States troops deployed in Africa due to changes in the priorities as reported by officials on 15th November 2018, learned BulgarianMilitary.com More forces will be directed toward countering possible threats coming from Russia and China. Read more: General: The…

ZHUHAI, China, (BulgarianMilitary.com) - The sole Russian rotorcraft designer and manufacturer, Russian Helicopters, is on its way to establish a maintenance centers for Mi-171 and Ka-32A11BC helicopters in China. This was reported by the press service of the Rostec Corporation’ subsidiary, after having talks on the topic with the Chinese company…

MOSCOW, the Russian Federation, (BulgarianMilitary.com) – The Russian arms exporter Rosoboronexport, takes the opportunity, which the exhibition Airshow China 2018 provides, to display for the first time abroad its latest Viking air defense missile system, which is the export version of the Buk-M3 air defense complex. This was reported yesterday by…